Vapor-burner.



No. 634,705. Pate'xl'tellv Det.- l0,l i899.

H. r. SMITH. VPUH BURNER.

(Applicntan lod Juno 2S, 1897.)

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' UNITED STATES HARPER E. lsix-HTH, lE PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLvANn-i.

VAPO"n-BURNER.

SIEIECIIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 634,705, dated October 10, *1899.

Application filed J une 28, 1897.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: Y Y

Be it-known that L'HARPER F. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsyl Vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vapor-B urners, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of improvements in vapor-burners embodying a burner or tip of l novel construction and means for intensifyvfecting the vaporization.

ing the heat of said burner for causing effective vaporization. l

It also consists of novel means for directing vapor or v gas upon the supply-.tube for primar-ily heating the hydrocarbonor other fluid employed. y Y

It also consists of adistributer within the burner or tip for deilecting the burning vapor upon the main portion of the body of the device, so as tohighly heat the 'same for per- It also consists in providing the burner with iianges at the sides thereof for holding the flame within the burner.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a va por-burner embodying my invention, one of the deflector-plates thereof' having been removed. Fig. 2 represents a vertical ,section` thereof.V Figs. 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, and'lO represent side elevations of other forms thereof. Fig. 4 vrepresents a'vertical section ofFig. 3. Fig.l 6 represents a vertical section of Fig. l5. v Fig. ll represents a vertical section of Fig. 10.

Similar letters of reference indicate vcorresponding parts in the figures. .v f

Referring to the drawing/s, A designates the supply-pipe of a vapor-burner, and B desig nates the valve thereof, the latter being generally known as a needle-valve. C designates a chamber for mixing air withv the vapor, the same being in communication with the pipe A, the .valve B being intermediate of said pipe and chamber.

Ddesignates an expansion-chamber, which and communicates therewith. 5 i

F designates an air-inlet, which in the sev-- eral figures opens into the mixing-chamber C and isof the form of a tube or nozzle or simply an opening in said chamber.`

Above the expansion chamber D is the snnoycfraeez. inumana burner proper, G,which consists of the oblique plates H and J which rise from the walls of said expansion-chamber, the plate H being formed with vthe respective wall, while the plate Jis secured, as at J', to the opposite wall by the screw or screws K or other suitable means, it being evident that the vapor burns in thee-Xpansion-chamber and burner proper to the tip thereof and is also injected against said plates, thus highly heating the 'V expansion-chamber- -and' the burner proper,

whereby the vaporization is effectively accomplishedthroughout the entire device.

1 In order to heat the supply-pipe A, whereby the inowing hydrocarbon or. other iiuid is primarily heated and partially vaporised,

there ifs-connected with the side of the chamf y means of the duct N, the latter serving to di- Y rect some ofthe vapor into-said chamber M, which when ignited isdefiected 0r impinged against the chamber M, thus highly heating the same.' lVlithin the space between the said plates H and J of the deiiector or tip is a dis-V tribut-er l?, which serves Vto direct or throw the burning vapor upon the plate H .for in-y creasingthe intensity of the heat of the latter, and the sides of said plate have flanges vQ thereon for holding the flame within the burner.

In Figs. 3 vande I show the plate J as partially convex 'or swelled, as J2, thus produc- 'I ing an enlarged chamber within the plates H and J, causing additionalheat to be held and more Vor less air to be directed to the heat and flame-'by either partially or Wholly deiiecting theV upper plate to orbelow the lianges on the side of the lower plate, the volume of the air and heat being regulated by the degree yof the convexity orswell of said plate. Y Y

I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, ise Having thus described my invention, what IOO ber in communication with said'supply-pipe and provided with an air-inlet, an expansionchamber aboveV said mixing-chamber, and obliqueplates inclining in the same direction` chamber in communication with said fluid-` snpply pipe and provided with an air-inlet, an expansion-chamber above said mixingchamber, the oblique plates I-I and J inclin ing in the same direction from the walls of said expansion-chamber and having their upper ends forming a burner-tip at one side of said expansion-chamber, said plate J having a convex portion.

3. A vapor-burner having a Huid-supply pipe, a controllingvalve,an air-mixing chamber in communication with said fluid-supply pipe and provided with an air-inlet, an expansion-chamber in communication with said air-mixing chamber, the oblique plates H and .l inclining in the same direction from the walls of said expansion-chamber, their upper ends forming a burner-tip located at one side of said expansion-chamber and the distributer P between said plates, said plate J and distributer Pbeing detachable from said burner.

4. A vaporburner having a fluid-supply pipe, a controlling-valve, an air-mixing chamber in communication with said fluid-supply pipe, and provided with an air-inlet, an expansion-chamber in communication with said airmixing chamber, the oblique plates H and J inclining in the same direction from the Walls of said expansion-chamber, their upper ends being juxtaposed out of alinement with said expansion chamber and forming a burner, and a distributer located between said plates.

5. In a burner, a supply-pipe, avalved passage leading therefrom to an expansion-chamber, a delector extending from the burner toward said supply-pipe, thereby forming a chamber, the latter being in communication with said passage, oblique plates inclining in the same direction from the Walls of said expansion-chamber, and a distributor between said plates, said distribnter terminating in proximity to said expansion-chamber.

6. A vapor-burner, having a supply-pipe -with a controllin g-va1ve, an air-miXingchamber in communication with said supplypipe and provided with an air-inlet, an expansion- Chamber above said mixing-chamber, and oblique plates inclining in the same direction from the Walls of said expansionlchamberand having their upper ends forming the-burnertip, the latter being out of alinement with said expansion -chamber, and one of said HARPER F. SMITH. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, W. C. Winimnsnanvr.l 

